also the president of the national league of cities and then became the president of univision communications today chairman and cofounder of cityview that invested in urban real estate projects and chairman of the executive committee national public finance firm. to have the undergraduate degree from texas a&m. and then from george washington university please join me to welcome the wonderful henry cisneros. [applause] mr. secretary mr. mayor can i pick? okay henry. you did a good introduction he only mentioned he was head of the texas tribune but also the editor of the texas monthly before that. >> i had the job for a while. and in that particular moment cities have a lot of power and .mpact >> so this kind lady has suggested that i take this off of me. >> not a man first. it was manufactured here in san antonio. this is a wound not a bad thing but they think it i might've been a brown recluse spider bite that killed tissue on my leg so not only is this a very difficult time but with a spider strike. maybe it is the trumpmp effect. [laughter] so why are cities so important? they were doing